After beginning the season struggling, the Denver Nuggets have been centered on a plethora of commerce talks. A lot of this dialogue centered on buying and selling Michael Porter Jr. for a high-profile scorer, comparable to Zach LaVine.
A brand new enterprise concept by Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report the Nuggets commerce Porter, however for a distinct participant who is not often listed in typical storylines. This additionally permits them to get a fairly strong bundle for Porter as nicely.
The Denver Nuggets obtain: F Kyle Kuzma, C Jonas Valančiūnas, F Saddiq Bey
The Washington Wizards obtain: F Michael Porter Jr., PF Zeke Nnaji
The commerce truly solves a large number of issues for the Nuggets. Kuzma’s contract is nowhere close to as costly as Porter’s, and even when Kuzma is not nearly as good a three-point shooter, he might nonetheless match properly into the Nuggets’ offense. The crew additionally actually wants a greater backup heart with Dario Saric not essentially going as anticipated, and Valanciunas can be the right choice for Denver.
The most important drawback for Denver in buying and selling Porter is eliminating the continuity and chemistry of the beginning 5. It is a crew that simply gained an NBA championship two seasons in the past, completed second within the Western Convention final season and was one sport away from the convention finals final season.
Whereas the Nuggets began the season struggling, it is onerous to justify the crew making a serious change to their beginning lineup now that they are the fourth seed and simply 2.5 video games out of the second seed commonplace.
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